• Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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  • Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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  • 1 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 2 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 3 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 4 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 5 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 6 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 7 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 8 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 9 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 10 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 11

    Building works
  • 12 Centenary of Gazette

  • 13

    Was a missionary
  • 14 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 15 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 16 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 17 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 18 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 19 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 20 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 21 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 22 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 23 Private home for public pump

  • 24 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 25 Sight of a lifetime

  • 26 Service with a smile

  • 27 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 28 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 29 Pannier Market's future?

  • 30 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 31 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 32 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 33 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 34 Clovelly nightmare

  • 35 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 36 Bideford loses training ship

  • 37 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 38 Revenge in style

  • 39 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 40 Decontrol of meat

  • 41 First ship in 8 years

  • 42

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 43 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 44 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 45 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 46 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 47 Recognise this resort?

  • 48

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 49 Sweets derationing

  • 50 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 51 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 52 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 53 Picking the pops

  • 54 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 55 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 56 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 57 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 58 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 59 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 60 Traditions and skills still there

  • 61 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 62 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 63 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 64 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 65

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 66 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 67 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 68 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 69 So this is the mainland!

  • 70 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 71 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 72

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 73 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 74 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 75 New art gallery opened

  • 76 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 77 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 78 Simple Item 138
  • 79 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 80 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 81 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 82 He beat the floods

  • 83 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 84 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 85 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 86 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 87 Picking the pops

  • 88 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 89 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 90 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 91 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 92 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 93 Artisans' Club

  • 94 Ten year old scrambler

  • 95 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 96 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 97 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 98 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 99 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 100

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 101 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 102 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 103 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 104

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 105 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 106 Burnard family reunion

  • 107 Life begins at 80

  • 108 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 109 Happy Days!

  • 110 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 111 Some 240 exhibits

  • 112 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 113 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 114

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 115 No laughing matter

  • 116 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 117 New civic medallions

  • 118 Bridging the stream

  • 119 Appledore's largest

  • 120

    Married in 1908
  • 121

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 122 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 123 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 124 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 125 Over the bank together>
  • 126 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 127 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 128 Finished in 1876

  • 129 Modern living at Bideford

  • 130 Waldon Triplets
  • 131 Off on a great adventure

  • 132 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 133 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 134 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 135 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 136 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 137 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 138 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 139 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 140 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 141 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 142 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 143 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 144 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 145 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 146 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 147 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 148 End of the line

  • 149

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 150 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 151 Hartland postman retires

  • 152 North Devon Driving School

  • 153

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 154

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 155 Clovelly custom

  • 156 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 157 Northam footballers of the future

  • 158 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 159 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 160

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 161 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 162 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 163 New Post Office

  • 164 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 165 Northam's almshouse

  • 166 Caught in the act>
  • 167 Hartland's invitation

  • 168 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 169 Devil sent packing

  • 170 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 171 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 172 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 173 Bideford computer stars

  • 174 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 175 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 176 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 177 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 178 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 179 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 180 A roof-top view - where?

  • 181

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 182 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 183 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 184 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 185 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 186 Filming at Hartland

  • 187 Riverside mystery

  • 188 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 189 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 190 113 years at Instow

  • 191 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 192 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 193 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 194 New life for Hartland organ

  • 195 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 196 Peter poses for TV film

  • 197 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 198 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 199 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 200 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 201 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 202

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 203 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 204 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 205 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 206

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 207 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 208 Emergency ferry services

  • 209 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 210

    Exhibition of school work
  • 211 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 212 Out of puff!

  • 213 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 214 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 215 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 216 New addition to Quay front

  • 217

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 218

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 219

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 220 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 221 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 222 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 223 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 224 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 225 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 226 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 227 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 228 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 229 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 230 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 231 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 232 Twenty-one yachts

  • 233 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 234 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 235 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 236

    Relatives all over the world
  • 237 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 238 What's the time?

  • 239 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 240 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 241 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 242 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 243 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 244 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 245 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 246 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 247 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 248 By pony and trap to market

  • 249 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 250 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 251 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 252 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 253 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 254 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 255 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 256 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 257 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 258 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 259 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 260 School's link with cargo ship

  • 261 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 262 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 263 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 264 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 265 Police station view of Bideford

  • 266 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 267

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 268 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 269 Variety in summer weather

  • 270 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 271 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 272 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 273 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 274 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 275 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 276 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 277 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 278 Capers on the cobbles

  • 279 Some mushroom!

  • 280 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 281 For crying out loud!

  • 282 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 283 All aboard the ark

  • 284 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 285

    New gateway
  • 286 The Geneva marionettes

  • 287 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 288 New look in the hayfields

  • 289 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 290 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 291 Bideford regatta

  • 292 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 293 From Bobby to Brian

  • 294 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 295 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 296 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 297 Weare Giffard potato

  • 298 A story to tell!

  • 299

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 300 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 301 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 302 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 303 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 304 Littleham family's five generations

  • 305 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 306 Mobile missionary

  • 307 A bird of their own!

  • 308 Six footed lamb

  • 309 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 310 Just over a year old

  • 311 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 312 New shipyard on schedule

  • 313 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 314 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 315 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 316 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 317 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 318

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 319 New Lundy stamps

  • 320 Loads of black and white

  • 321

    First prize
  • 322 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 323 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 324 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 325 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 326 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 327 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 328 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 329 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 330 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 331 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 332 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 333 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 334 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 335

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 336 Torrington in 1967

  • 337 New choral society's growing response

  • 338

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 339 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 340 Puppet characters introduced

  • 341 A man and his wheel

  • 342 They are parted pro-tem

  • 343 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 344 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 345 Ships at Bideford

  • 346 No sale of Springfield House

  • 347 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 348 Jumble sale fever

  • 349 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 350 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 351 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 352 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 353 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 354 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 355 Penny for the guy

  • 356 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 357 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 358 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 359 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 360 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 361 Can spring be far away?

  • 362 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 363 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 364 Parkham plan realised

  • 365 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 366 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 367 The cab at the corner>
  • 368 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 369 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 370 Blanchards ad.>
  • 371 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 372 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 373 All for the love of a lady!

  • 374 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 375 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 376 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 377 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 378 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 379 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 380 Warmington's garage ad

  • 381

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 382 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 383 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 384 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 385 Hartland Dancers
  • 386 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 387 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 388 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 389 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 390 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 391 Torrington children build igloo
  • 392 Circus comes to town

  • 393 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 394 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 395 Last train from Torrington

  • 396 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 397 School crossing patrol begins

  • 398 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 399 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 400 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 401 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 402 Cruising down the river

  • 403 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 404

    Bidefordians
  • 405

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 406 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 407 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 408 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 409 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 410 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 411 The art of the thatcher

  • 412 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 413 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 414 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 415 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 416 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 417 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 418 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 419 Torrington's new amenity

  • 420 It really was the 'last time'

  • 421 When horses score over the tractor

  • 422 In their new robes and hats

3.5.1957 Robins win Hansen Cup

Robins Win The Hansen Cup

May 3rd, 1957

Bideford AFC pictured with the Hansen Cup after they had defeated Bude 2-1 in the final

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and suddenly it's spring

Cadds Down Farm

1 March 1974

Joined by Trixie, the pony

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  • Christmas Eve at the Front

    An interesting letter has just been received by Mrs Packer, of Broadclyst, from her husband, Corpl Packer of A Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, who is serving with the Expeditionary Force in Northern France. In the course of a letter he describes a remarkable incident which occurred on Christmas Eve between the British and German trenches.

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  • Seafield House - the "Spooky House" of Westward Ho!

    The house on the cliff edge known locally as ‘Spooky House’ or even ‘Haunted House’ , was built about 1885.

    The road was especially built to enable access to the house and was initially known as Seafield Road; later it became Merley Road.

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  • Torrington May Fair Queen and Her Attendants

    Names from left to right:Joan Ricketts; Joan Newcombe; Jean Wernhem; Margaret Sweet; Enid Ovenden; Rona Elsworthy; Doris Short; (back row);
    Eileen Short; Miss Margery Bennett (Queen); Joyce Downman; David Fiddian (Page); Peggie Sussex;

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1911 Coronation Medal

Coronation Medal Presented on June 22nd 1911   Learn More

The Hoops Inn

The Hoops Inn close to Peppercombe Beach

The Quay at Appledore

Appledore Quay where Taw and Torridge Rivers meet 

 
Wynne Olley

Crowning Glory

12 October 1962

Their finest achievement to date...

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Shipyard goes into liquidation 1963

Liquidator appointed

4 January 1963

Difficulty in retaining labour...

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Parkham plan realised

Opening of ‘Allardice’ parish hall

An idea put forward fifteen years ago became reality at Parkham on Wednesday afternoon with the opening of an attractive Parish Hall, next door to the village school, before a large assembly of parishioners and people from the surrounding parishes.

10 May 1957 Parkham plan realised

As a tribute to the initial help and encouragement given to the project by the Allardice family, who lived at Foxdown, Parkham, the new hall, contemporary in design and costing a total of £4,750, was named ‘The Allardice Hall.’

Gazette article 10 May 1957

 

Speeding communications: Bideford firm’s new installation

First telex machine in Bideford

Miss Yvonne Johns watches her colleague Mrs Eileen Woodland practising on what looks like an ‘overgrown’ typewriter at the offices of the blouse and dress-making factory of Jaquemand Ltd., Westcombe Bideford.

26 April 1957 Speeding communications

The ‘overgrown typewriter’ is a telex, one of the latest types of teleprinter. The machine, the first of its kind to be used anywhere in the Bideford district, was installed by the London managing director or Jaquemand Ltd. After contact has been made with another machine a message is typed out and appears on the ‘receiving’ machine’s paper fixed in its roller.

Gazette article 26 April 1957

 

The Geneva Marionettes

A behind-the-scenes glimpse of the show

Sixteen months ago, under the leadership of Mr E.G. Shaw, who takes first and second year art at Bideford Secondary School, a group of pupils interested in marionettes was formed and this week their efforts have come to fruition with a show which has received an enthusiastic reception from hundreds of Bideford schoolchildren.

12 April 1957 The Geneva marionettes

The marionettes are 24-inch high models and are constructed from papier mache, balsa wood, cardboard etc. Music is supplied by radiogram and piano and all the dialogue has been written by members of the group who comprise: Pat Beer, Pauline Found, Maureen Williams, Tony Petherick, Michael Roberts, Brian Taylor, Bernard Toole, Dennis Waters and David Wolfe.

Gazette article 12 April 1957

 

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